New distribution records of the Vulnerable fossil shark Hemipristis elongata from eastern Indonesia call for improved fisheries management
Jaiteh VF, Momigliano P, 2015. New distribution records of the Vulnerable fossil shark Hemipristis elongata from eastern Indonesia call for improved fisheries management. Marine Biodiversity Records 8. doi:10.1017/S1755267215000548. | Find with Google Scholar »
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Dear all,
Thank you for attending the Department meeting this week, here are the slides I used! Enjoy the long weekend!
cheerio
Mariella
General News and Announcements
Seminar speakers for next year!
We’re about to start lining up speakers for early next year and we need your help! Nominations for seminar speakers for first semester 2016 are now open. We’re particularly interested in bringing in any overseas/interstate visitors that may be in Australia or Sydney for conferences, meetings, etc. Please send any nominations to Elizabeth (dr.elizabeth.madin@gmail.com) or Mel (melanie.zeppel@mq.edu.au) by July 1.
Guidelines for ECRs from the British Ecological Society
The British Ecological Society publishes a range of free guides to promote research excellence for those embarking on a career in research as well as providing a useful refresher for established researchers. These include a guide to data management and a guide to peer review in Ecology and Evolution. These guides offer insights from a wide range of ecologists and provide an invaluable resource with plenty of practical tips for students and their supervisors all around the world. – See more at:http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/publications/besguides/
Winter soup kitchen is back
For those who enjoy hearty soups, they are back in the lower ground of the Hub!
Assignment collection procedure – student center is moving!
From Tuesday 9 June the Science and Engineering Student Centre (SESC) will be in MUSE (the old library building) and so will the assignment boxes.
SESSION 2, 2015
There will be a change in our assignment collection procedures from Session 2, 2015.
We will be clearing the assignment boxes at 9am (1st clear out of the day) and 4:30pm (last clear out of the day) Monday to Friday.
Also at regular intervals during this time as required.
All assignments received will be date stamped regardless of whether they’re on time or late.
It will be up to the unit convenor to determine whether the assignment is on time or late based on the due dates they set for the unit.
AFTER HOURS ASSIGNMENTS
Any assignments submitted after 4:30pm (last pickup of the day) and next day 9am (first pickup of the day) and the after hours box (cleared at 9am) will be stamped that days date.
E.g: 4:30pm Tuesday – 9am Wednesday will be stamped Wednesdays date.
1 JUNE – 5 JUNE
Faculty of Science Student Centre is still open in E7A and accepting assignments until Thursday 4 June.
Friday 5 June the after hours box will still be open and we will be clearing the box until 11:30 ONLY as we need to vacate the building shortly thereafter.
The morning of Tuesday 8 June we will make our final check of the after hours box in E7A.
Plant of the week
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus – a red berry bush
Open access and citations
Here is an interesting piece about academia & citations (thanks Michelle L.)
Sydney Plant Ecophysiology Group Meeting – Next Tuesday at UTS
Our next meeting this coming Tuesday, June 9th, at UTS from 4 pm – 6 pm.
Our speakers are Dr Dave Marvin visiting from Greg Asner’s lab at the Carnegie Institution for Science (USA) and Dr Geertje van der Heijden-Corr visiting from Northumbria University (UK). Unfortunately, Paola Corneo’s talk has had to be postponed to our next meeting as she is held up with field trials.
The venue has kindly been arranged by Dr Andy Leigh and Alicia Cook at UTS. It is level SIX of the Science Building — building CB04 on this map. The seminar room is room number CB04.06.506.
The building is close to Central Station. Access it via Harris St, opposite the ABC. When approaching from Central/Broadway, take the second entrance down Harris St. That is, take the entrance on the corner of Thomas/Harris streets, not the first entrance accessed by a ramp.
Take the lift to level 6; when you get out of the lifts, go through the glass doors and veer left through the tea area to the seminar room in the opposite corner.
Hope to see you on Tuesday June 9th,
Cheers,
Tory and Steve
Scholarships available
The University will have 30 iMQRES (for international) and 20 MQRES (for domestic) available to new commencing PhD candidates only. These candidates must meet our direct PhD admission and scholarship criteria and are able to commence no later than 15 December 2015! International candidates must submit their applications before 30 September 2015. Domestic candidates must submit their applications before 31 October 2015. Successful candidates must commence by 15 December 2015. http://hdr.mq.edu.au/information_about/Scholarships/hdr-scholarship-news
Any questions please contact Adam Stow
Academic Cakewalk
Thanks to Theresa and Dan for organising cake & papers!
See attached for photos and stories
S-Awards
Congratulations to Rekha who was short listed for S-Lab award this year in March (http://www.effectivelab.org.uk/).
Visitor to CBMS
Next Thursday, Prof Vasudevan will be visiting CBMS and presenting a seminar (at 12 pm, on proteins from Dengue virus). This will be followed by a lunch to which all are welcome.
Subhash is very much wishing to meet with Macquarie research groups, and has set aside time for this during his stay in Sydney. Please let me know if you wish to be incorporated into his afternoon schedule.
Subhash Vasudevan is a Professor and Principal Investigator in the Signature Program for Emerging Infectious Diseases at Duke-National University of Singapore Graduate Medical School. His major research interest is in the area of antiviral drug discovery against dengue and related viruses.
Additional biography and seminar details can be found at http://cbms.mq.edu.au/seminar-program/.
sincerely,
Bridget Mabbutt
New Publications
Wine Protein Haze: Mechanisms of Formation and Advances in Prevention
Van Sluyter SC, McRae JM, Falconer RJ, Smith PA, Bacic A, Waters EJ, Marangon M, 2015. Wine Protein Haze: Mechanisms of Formation and Advances in Prevention. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 63:4020-4030. doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b00047. | Find with Google Scholar »In the Media
Are publication metrics corrupting Science?
Emeritus Professor Andy Beattie discusses our obsessions with publication metrics in the Conversation.
Seals tweet oceanographic data
Australian scientists, including biologist Rob Harcourt have been tagging seals to collect oceanographic data.
Read more about it here:
News.com.au website
ABC the World Today/ABC news website/ABC radio Australia/ABC Australia Plus
http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2015/s4247765.htm
The Courier Mail website
The Herald Sun News website
Elephant seals. Credit: Clive McMahon